Orange County deputy sheriffs and Ocoee police were investigating the fight Sunday, but no charges had been filed.

Parents from both sides blamed each other for starting the disturbance, which broke out among several people after the Azalea Park Panthers defeated the Ocoee Bulldogs, 18-6. Tompkins' stepson plays for the Panthers.

Azalea Park supporters said Tompkins, of 1199 Soria Ave., stepped in after fans of the all-white Ocoee team taunted one of the Azalea Park team's two black players.

Randall Shirley, the man who scuffled with Tompkins, said the disturbance stemmed from insulting remarks about Ocoee fans by one of the black players, and he said Tompkins had attacked him.

''I really regret anyone dying,'' said Shirley, of Ocoee.

Karen Tompkins said Sunday she believes the stress of the fight caused the death of her husband, who had high blood pressure.

''Indirectly, I think this caused Frank's heart attack. I tell you that if I knew who he was the man who fought her husband, I would press charges.''

She said Tompkins, who worked as a newspaper carrier for The Orlando Sentinel, was not a violent man but thought his stepson and one of the boy's teammates were in danger.

''My husband never believed in hostility to kids, even as punishment,'' she said.

Parents and spectators at the game gave the following account:

Tompkins intervened after Ocoee fans taunted Tompkins' stepson, Shannon, 14, and a black teammate, Keith Crawford, while they were walking to the parking lot at the field on Flewelling Circle, said Robert Crawford, Keith's father.

Keith, 14, and Crawford's son Talvi, 12, are the only black members of the YMCA's Azalea Park team.

Crawford, a shuttle worker at Kennedy Space Center, said he was walking to his car after the game when a middle-aged woman and a man stopped Keith and taunted him with shouts of ''nigger.''

The woman, identified only as wearing a purple shirt and blue jeans, shouted to another boy, ''Get him,'' said Crawford, 49.

As the boy scuffled with Shannon, a man threw a drink in Shannon's face and joined the fray. Tompkins then joined the fight, Crawford said.

Shirley, the man who scuffled with Tompkins, said the disturbance started after a black Azalea Park player was abusive to fans after the game and insulted several women.

Shirley said he told his family to disregard it. ''I told them to ignore it. Just walk on.''

When the insults continued, Shirley said, he told his 14-year-old son, Terry, a player on Ocoee's team, to ask the black player to stop it. ''I said, 'Terry, tell him that you don't appreciate it.' ''

He said he thought that would end the incident, but a white Azalea Park player began hitting his son. Shirley said he tried to break it up by throwing his glass of tea on both of them.

''I was trying to break up the kids' fight. Next thing I know I'm down on the ground.''

He said Tompkins jumped him, knocking him to the ground. Some Azalea Park coaches also jumped on him, he said, before other bystanders broke it up.

''I didn't hit him. There was nothing to it. After we split up, I picked up my glasses and walked on. I didn't say anything. He was saying threatening things to me. He said he was going to kill me.''

Shirley said his son's team had played predominantly black teams in the past without any problems. He denied the disturbance was racially motivated.

Crawford denied his son made insulting remarks and said several adults were responsible for the disturbance. He said several of the Ocoee players had congratulated his son on playing a good game after the contest.

Mike Millikan, an Ocoee auxiliary police officer, said the players shook hands after the game. He blamed the fight on parents.

Ocoee Coach Mike Hopper said he did not see the disturbance. He said there were no racial slurs during the game.

''We didn't even know it happened. I didn't even know it had gone on. When we were playing the game, there were no racial tensions at all. It was a real clean game,'' he said.

The Azalea Park coach, Bill Lockaby, said he would not comment on any racial aspects of the disturbance before talking to Charles Ferrell, executive director of the Orlando downtown YMCA, which sponsors his team. Ferrell was out of town and unavailable for comment Sunday.

''I think this is an isolated case,'' said Lockaby, 39. ''The Pop Warner League and the YMCA is a good Christian organization.''